WWII Flashcards
Japanese pilots who flew suicide bombers
Kamikaze
Natzis plan for extermination of the Jews
Final solution
Great Britains policy towards Germany (belief that they gave into reasonable demands)
Policy of appeasement
What was the impact of Pearl Harbor
US joined the war
What’s the Mukden incident
Excuse to conquer Manchuria
Name of conference where they discussed how they are going to attack Germany
Tehran conference
Treaty gave Hitler permission to attack Poland
Natzi-soviet non-aggression pact
History’s greatest naval invasion
D day
Name given to Germany group to round up Jews and kill them
Einsatzgruppen
Period of political tension following WWII
The Cold War
Grown war for lighting war using tanks and airplanes
Blitzkrieg
Neville Chamberlan said the Munic conference meant what
Peace in our time
Who were he leaders of Germany Italy and the Soviet Union at the beginning of WWII
Hitler Mussolini Stalin
Which country did Germany invade to start WWII
Poland
Hitler’s annexation of Austria was called
Anschluss
Name the battle where “never was so much owed by so many to so few”
Battle of Britain
What battle was the turning point in the wad in the pacific against the Japanese
Midway
When did WWII start
Sep 1 1939
Where did Britain get trapped
Dunkirk
Hitler postponed his invasion what battle and why
Battle of Britain, British Air Force to great. Needed time to regroup
When did Japan attack Pearl Harbor
Dec 7 1941
1942 allies
Us Great Britain Soviet Union
1942 axis
Germany Italy Japan
What happened on 1942 to give the Allies the upper hand
North America: German forces defeated by Rommel at El Alamein. Russia: Germany 6th army surrenders at battle of Stalingrad